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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Dr. Id who wrote (5251)	11/9/2000 7:49:40 AM
From: long-gone	Respond to of 10042

<<For those that think that the glitch in the ballots isn't a legitimate issue, it seems that 19000 ballots (the great majority of which would have gone for Gore, as they punched two votes...after realizing their mistake in voting for Buchanan, they voted again and invalidated their ballots) were thrown out.>> While I agree the count must be accurate & fair beyond all question, & no one should be prevented from voting, If they screw up, they screw up. Their fault! There must be no 2nd election to allow for idiots who can't follow the most simple of instructions or change their minds after the fact. If they didn't like the form of the ballot, they should have presented a challenge BEFORE the election - when the form was presented in the papers & mailouts.

To: Dr. Id who wrote (5251)	11/9/2000 12:08:42 PM
From: Ben Wa	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10042

Outside the Palm Beach elections office, about 50 outraged citizens carried signs protesting the ballots. ``It was so hard to tell who and what you were voting for. I couldn't figure it out, and I have a doctorate,'' voter Eileen Klasfeld said. I showed the Florida ballot to Koko the gorilla who knows American Sign Language. Koko had no problem with it. So what's with these morons in Florida? Hey Eileen, I guess your PhD isn't in reading comprehension, is it? I'm sending you a "Hooked on Phonics" series of tapes.